At least 101 Muslms were killed and 180 injured when a crane collapsed in Mecca today – on 9-11.
The catastrophe was caught on video:
The crane was hit by lightning.
UPDATE: Unconfirmed social media reports suggest #Mecca crane was struck by lightning http://t.co/UA5IIXYOHi pic.twitter.com/0XHz3PfpTG
— RT (@RT_com) September 11, 2015
Now this…
The Daily Mail reported, via Weasel Zippers:
The crane was owned by the Bin Laden family.
The crane belongs to a German crane company operated by the Bin Laden family’s consortium, who are heading the expansion of the Holy Mosque.
Saudi BinLaden Group was founded by Osama’s Bin Laden’s billionaire father Mohammed and the sprawling construction conglomerate runs a large amount of major building contracts in the Sunni kingdom.
Pictures taken before the disaster show the crane being struck by a bolt of lightning and authorities are in little doubt extreme weather was to blame.
The crane fell into the east side of the mosque, with the top section of the structure crashing into the roof.
Hat Tip Dana
Progressives Today called this earlier today—
Does anyone know if the 911 #CraneCrash in #Mecca was a bin Ladin crane? Secretly hoping so, for poetry's sake.
— Progressives Today (@ProgsToday) September 12, 2015